Over the last week to ten days, the number of children affected by very high levels of lead in certain cinnamon applesauce pouches has grown to include 422 cases in 44 states including Illinois.
Here in Illinois, just like in all the other states, a good portion of the population heads for Google when they're not feeling right and want to check to see what their symptoms mean. A new study takes a look at what medical questions each state's people are Googling the most and breaks it down state-by-state.
Here's a fun fact for those who love bald eagles: There's only one state that has more wintering bald eagles than Illinois does, and that's Alaska. With few of us having the time or resources to put together an eagle watching trip to Alaska, don't worry, because Illinois has plenty of eagles for you to see.
I saw a report the other day that said Illinois could be covered with hundreds of thousands of cicadas in a few months, but that report was totally wrong. Illinois is going to literally see not millions, not billions, but trillions of cicadas. You could actually have hundreds of thousands just in your yard alone.